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Recent Examples of merely
This is merely a semantic distinction, as Blockratize does business as Polymarket.
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Screamed parts ramped down to merely aggressive singing.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
That was merely a warmup for what Kriger calls one of the worst days of her life.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Whereas Wi-Fi 6 offers merely incremental speed increases over Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 7 is all about lightning-fast connections.
—PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Screamed parts ramped down to merely aggressive singing.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
That was merely a warmup for what Kriger calls one of the worst days of her life.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Whereas Wi-Fi 6 offers merely incremental speed increases over Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 7 is all about lightning-fast connections.
—PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merely
Adverb
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Fox, who just completed graduate school, decided to dedicate part of a month-long break to searching for a diamond.—
Arkansas State Parks,
Arkansas Online,
19 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump had just spent several hours in meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and seven other leaders from Europe who had come along in a frantic effort to shore up U.S. support for the Ukrainian position.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
19 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Since 2019, the nonprofit has had only a small presence in the Milwaukee area, apart from its main headquarters in the Chicago area.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The seventh suspect in the brawl is only charged with felonious assault.—
Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The consequence on Saturday was simply stress testing baseball’s best bullpen and dropping the Padres a game behind the Dodgers in the NL West.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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Put more simply, do not let your PC fall off support.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Merely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merely. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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